The 70th Van Mahotsava in collaboration with Department of Forest and DAV Public School Hazaribag was organised on the premises of DAV Public School Hazaribag with great pomp and show. The day was marked with plantation of saplings.
The Chief Guest on the occasion was Hazaribag MLA Manish Jaiswal, Guest of Honour Ajit Kr.Singh, CF Hazaribag Circle, Zonal Manager Bank of India Ramesh Kr. Behra, eminent environmentalist Satya Prakash, member of State Wild Life Surendra Kr. Singh and Dinesh Khandelwal, Vice -Chairman planted saplings on the premises of the school. Under cultural Programme, the students of junior group presented a skit "Save Trees, Save Earth " with a message of plantation and the students of senior group presented group dances and a Hindi skit "Boond Boond Pani" with a message of water conservation.
The Chief Guest appealed to the audience present that there is utmost need of developing attitude as well as interest to save trees. He told the students that they must convince their parents to save the trees in their respective locality. Ajeet Kr Singh said that this is the need of the hour to combat the problems of pollution as well as decreasing water level. The Principal of the school Ashok Kumar told the audience that still there is lack of awareness among the people regarding the healthy environment. He suggested the children present to plant saplings on their birthday and take proper care of the same.
The teachers Baldeo Pandey, Nawal kishore Mishra and the Range Officer Vijay Kumar took leading role in organising the event. The whole programme was anchored by the students namely Anshika, Ankita and Yash Raj. Smita Pankaj, IFS,DFO Hazaribag East Division proposed the vote of thanks. She expressed her happiness and had a high praise for the children who were the winners of poster making competition.
The dignitaries present on the occasion included P.R. Naydu,Nageshwar Baitha, Roshan Kumar D.F.O and Abhimanyu Kumar and others. The teachers N.S. Sah, Sampa Srivastav, Umesh Gupta,B.K.Dubey,Bhasha Mishra, Aruna Ananya Mukhopadhyay and Honey Chandra also took leading roles in organising it.